And it would not be sharpened in the same way as steel anyway, it would have to be pressure flaked, creating a new "edge" to cut with.ģ.Steel is almost always composed of very many separate crystals, rather than one large one. It would only get dull if it was scraped against something harder than itself, and not need to be "resharpened". So, bone and hide are not harder than obsidian is, therefore, it will not dull when cutting them. If it touches anything harder than itself, you need a whole new edge. The only downside of the spectacular sharpness of obsidian is that it is brittle, like glass, especially when you're talking about the one-molecule thick edge. Obsidian scalpel vs steel microscope skin#Obsidian is in fact so sharp that when you are cut with it, it slices between skin cells and leaves no scarring, as opposed to steel which essentially rips apart the cells. Steel (sharpened to a razor edge) will look like a toothed saw blade. If you look at obsidian's edge under a microscope, it is a perfectly smooth, sharp line. It is at least 50 times sharper than surgical steel can get, and I've heard some say as much as 500 times sharper. Once you try cutting something, the steel edge will bend, and become less sharp.Ģ.Obsidian fractures conchoidally down to the very last molecule, so essentially when you break a piece off the very edge is only a molecule thick. At that thickness, the steel blade's serration's (the ones I mentioned earlier) are too weak, and will bend once you try to use that edge. At molecular width, it's edge is hard enough to maintain that razor edge. Obsidian is much, much harder than steel. Steel can theoretically be honed until its edge is just a single molecule wide like obsidian, but here the limitations of the metal come in to play. Steel can be honed to make that cutting edge thinner, and thus, sharper. When you sharpen a knife, you are aligning the serrations to the plane of the edge. Those points will bend to either side of the blade through use,dulling the edge. Steel, on the other hand, is jagged on the edge, forming tiny tooth-like serrations on the cutting edge. Through unknown means, the blade is capable of using its heat to purify chakra it absorbs, making it neutral.Why would an obsidian blade be superior over a steel one? Here are some well known facts about obsidian:ġ.Freshly broken pieces of obsidian make perfect, smooth edges that are only a molecule wide at their apex. The blade is sharp and hot enough to slice through steel produced by some forms of the Steel Release kekkei genkai. The obsidian blade is sharper than handcrafted blades and even katana, having a smooth edge even on the microscopic level. Because of its range growth with chakra, it can prove disastrous if the user succeeds in stabbing or even slashing the target. Upon cutting the target, all unused chakra within the closest twenty tenketsu are drained completely, and used to extend the range of the blade, while the heat instilled within the blade cauterizes the cut and any wounds inflicted. The blade can easily cut cleanly through a target with next to no effort due to its sharpness. Upon tilting their hand, some of the obsidian breaks off, forming a long, super-hard, razor-sharp blade. The user coats their hand in Lava before applying slight shape transformation to it as it quickly solidifies. Kekkei Genkai, Hiden, Ninjutsu, Kenjutsu, Chakra Absorption Technique This article, Lava Release: Obsidian Scalpel, is property of Princeharris1993.
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